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REVIEW OF CERTAIN MAJOR FISHERIES 



ATLANTIC COAST HADDOCK FISHERY 



Haddock landings were 26.9 million pounds worth $6.0 mlUlon--a decline of 18.9 million 

 pounds and $1.7 million compared with 1969. The harvest was thesmallest on record, and far be- 

 low the record 293.8 million pounds taken in 1929. Landings have declined steadily since 1967. 



The haddock production of 25.3 million pounds at Massachusetts ports (comprising 94 per- 

 cent of the total volume) was 19 . 1 million pounds (43 percent) less than in 1969 . Otter trawls ac- 

 counted for 94 percent of the landings. The rest was taken by lines, gill nets, and dredges. 



V LESS THAN $500. 



